Last and first frost dates in Evansville

When is the last frost in Evansville?

The last frost in Evansville usually comes around 2 April: that is the median of 2016–2025, so in about half of those years the last night at or below 0 °C came later. Hardy crops start before it and frost-tender ones only after it: in the table below arugula can go into open ground from 12 March, while corn waits until 9 April. The first autumn frost follows around 10 November, about 222 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

When to sow and plant

Planting out: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop; frost-hardy crops three weeks before it; an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Seedlings are sown so they are ready on that day. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

When the soil warms up in Evansville

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 23 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 14 days after it.

Frost dates near Evansville

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Nashville (24 March) and latest in Indianapolis (14 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Evansville

Within 15 km of Evansville OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Kiwi's Garden Center, 2 km away.

• Kiwi's Garden Center — garden centre
  North 1st Avenue 100, 47710 Evansville · 2 km
• Town Center North — market
  East Diamond Avenue 580, 47711 · Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00 · 2 km
• Benton’s Garden Center — garden centre
  US Highway 60 East 3000, 42420 Henderson · Mon–Fri 09:00–17:30; Sat 09:00–16:00; Sun closed · 14 km · bentonsgardencenterandsweetpeasgiftshop.com

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Evansville
• Selling your own harvest in the United States

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Evansville by month

Average weather in Evansville over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (21.4–31 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: July (31 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in January (-2.3 °C) and February (-0.2 °C). About 1201 mm of rain falls in a year, on 123 days; April is the wettest month (132 mm) and November the driest (74 mm).

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).